MODULE 11: Healthy and Contented Sheep

Module Index

Module 1 - planning

Module 2 - wool

Module 3 - meat

Module 4 - people

Module 5 - NRM

Module 6 - soil

Module 7 - pasture

Module 8 - grazing

Module 9 - genetics

Module 10 - more lambs

Module 11 - sheep health

Module 12 - pastoral production

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MODULE 11: Healthy and Contented Sheep

This module presents an effective approach to managing the health and welfare of your flock by:

Implementing effective health management programs
Taking a proactive approach to sheep health and welfare
Having healthy sheep that are exposed to fewer chemicals
Adopting strategies that minimise chemical use and delay development of chemical resistance by sheep parasites.

The module will give you confidence that sheep parasites and diseases can be managed in a cost-effective manner to maximise enterprise profitability.

Module 11 Contents

Procedures

11.1	Keep your sheep in good condition – know when each class of sheep needs supplementary feeding to achieve production targets.	View Procedure
11.2	Plan an integrated health management program – implement preventative sheep health programs.	View Procedure
11.3	Adopt on-farm biosecurity measures – apply strategies that keep sheep diseases out.	View Procedure
11.4	Manage sporadic outbreaks of diseases – know and recognise what causes common sheep diseases.	View Procedure
11.5	Meet animal wellbeing requirements – a range of husbandry factors influence the welfare of sheep.	View Procedure

Tools

11.1	Energy and protein requirements of sheep	View Tool
11.2	Condition score targets for all sheep	View Tool
11.3	Template for a management calendar	View Tool
11.4	Calculating the cost of energy and protein of common feeds	View Tool
11.5	Bodyweight targets for weaners and young ewes	View Tool
11.6	Water quality for sheep	View Tool
11.7	Management of trace element deficiencies	View Tool
11.8	Management of worms	View Tool
11.9	Management of drench resistance	View Tool
11.10	Management of liver fluke	View Tool
11.11	Management of flystrike	View Tool
11.12	Prevention of clostridial diseases and cheesy gland	View Tool
11.13	Diagnosis of important diseases	View Tool
11.14	Analysing the risk of potential sources of disease	View Tool
11.15	Quarantine periods for important sheep diseases	View Tool
11.16	Control and eradication of footrot, lice and OJD	View Tool
11.17	Common sheep diseases and their causes	View Tool
11.18	Zoonotic diseases of sheep	View Tool
11.19	Check list of animal welfare compliance	View Tool